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“I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story.”

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Annie Proulx

Annie Proulx, born on August 22, 1935, is an American journalist and novelist known for her distinctive narrative style and profound portrayals of life in the American West. more

“Walking on the land or digging in the fine soil I am intensely aware that time quivers slightly, changes occurring in imperceptible and minute ways, accumulating so subtly that they seem not to exist. Yet the tiny shifts in everything--cell replication, the rain of dust motes, lengthening hair, wind-pushed rocks--press inexorably on and on.”

Way Seems Land Minutes Rocks Wind Hair Fine Walking Rain Presses Tiny Dust Cells Soil Digging Quiver Replication

Book:Bird Cloud: A Memoir of Place

Source: Bird Cloud: A Memoir of Place

“Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precious.”

Ambiguous

Author:Leo Rosten

“Have patience to walk with short steps until you have wings to fly.”

Walks Steps Wings Having Patience Wings To Fly Short Patience

Author:Saint Francis de Sales

“Oh what remorse we shall feel at the end of our lives, when we look back upon the great number of instructions and examples afforded by God and the Saints for our perfection, and so carelessly received by us! If this end were to come to you today, how would you be pleased with the life you have led this year?”

Ifs Feels Years Looks Ends Today Numbers Our Lives Example Perfection Saint Instruction Remorse

Author:Saint Francis de Sales

“If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can it be done so quickly as to hinder the harm of our success.”

Ifs Littles Said Hard Done Easy Too Much Add Harm Hinder

Author:Saint Francis de Sales

“Hell is full of good intentions and wills.”

Hell Intention Good Intentions

Author:Saint Francis de Sales

“To live according to the spirit is to love according to the spirit.”

Spirit

Book:Letters to Persons in Religion

Source: Letters to Persons in Religion

“By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.”

Soul Whole Eye Prayer Meditation Filled Our Prayers Presence Of God

Author:Saint Francis de Sales

“That which you cannot express is Love. That which you cannot reject/renounce is Beauty. That which you cannot avoid is the Truth.”

Rejects Renounce

Author:Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

“Spiritual blossoming simply means blossoming in life in all dimensions - being happy, at ease with yourself and with everybody around you.”

Mean Spiritual Ease Dimensions Blossoming

Author:Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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